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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)gethostname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.TH GETHOSTNAME 3 "25 February 1997" GNO "Library Routines"
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.SH NAME
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.BR gethostname ,
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.BR sethostname
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\- get/set name of current host
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <unistd.h>
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.sp 1
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int \fBgethostname\fR (char *\fIname\fR, int \fInamelen\fR);
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.br
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int \fBsethostname\fR (const char *\fIname\fR, int \fInamelen\fR);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR Gethostname
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returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
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previously set by
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.BR sethostname .
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The parameter
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.I namelen
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specifies the size of the
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.I name
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array. The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
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space is provided.
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.LP
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.BR Sethostname
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sets the name of the host machine to be
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.IR name ,
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which has length
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.IR namelen .
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This call is restricted to the super-user and
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is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
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.SH RETURN VALUES
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If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned. If the call
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fails, a value of -1 is returned and an error code is
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placed in the global location
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.IR errno .
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.SH ERRORS
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The following errors may be returned by these calls:
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.RS
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.IP \fBEFAULT\fR
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The
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.I name
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or
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.I namelen
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parameter gave an
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invalid address.
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.IP \fBEPERM\fR
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The caller tried to set the hostname and was not the super-user.
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.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR gethostid (3),
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.BR sysctl (3)
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.SH BUGS
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Host names are limited to
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.BR MAXHOSTNAMELEN
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(from <sys/param.h)
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characters, currently 256.
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.SH HISTORY
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The
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.BR sethostname
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function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
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